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Olya Wright takes the lead up a hill in the Skate portion of the pursuit race at Sections. Photo courtesy of Greg Wright
Olya Wright is going to the state Nordic ski meet.
The Cook County sophomore placed fourth in the Girls’ varsity pursuit race at the Section 7 Nordic ski meet held February 9, at Giant Ridge in Biwabik.
The varsity pursuit takes the times from a skate race and a classic race and combines them to pick the places.
The other finishers in the pursuit race for the Cook County/Two Harbors team were: Lamar Gordon placed 32nd, Autumn Smith 22nd, Martine Redshaw was 43rd and Cece Chmelik was 47th.
The North Shore Storm placed sixth out of ten teams in the pursuit race.
Where are the girls from?
Cece Chmelik, Olya Wright, Martine Redshaw are from Cook County and Autumn Smith, Lamar Gordon are from Two Harbors with Valerie Hurth from Cook County the alternate.
The girls’ sprint team was Emma Crook (Cook County) and Jocelyn Carr (Two Harbors). The team skied a time of 21:40, just missing out on chance to ski in the final.
Cook County Senior Cece Chmelik at a recent race. Photo courtesy of Baylee Johnson
Olya’s fourth place in the Girls’ Varsity Pursuit race earned her the opportunity to ski the pursuit at the Minnesota High School State Meet in Giant’s Ridge on February 16 and 17.
Boys
Cyrus Meyers placed 19th in the boys’ pursuit race with Ian Thorpe in 28th and Everett Hurth in 43rd place.
The boys’ team placed ninth in the pursuit race.
The boys’ sprint team of Elijah Smith and AJ Mattson placed seventh in the sprint relay.
This was Senior Cece Chmelik’s last race after having raced on the high school team since the 7th grade. Congratulations to Cece for your years of leadership and dedication to the Cook County/Two Harbors North Shore ski team.
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